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1090
aztecs
This ceremony was held every 52 years - a complete cycle in the Aztec calendar - to avoid the end of the world -
1100
aztecs
The Aztecs leave their homeland of Aztlan in northern Mexico and begin their journey south -
1100
aztecs
. The Aztecs leave northern Mexico and live life as nomads, travelling from place to place -
1200
aztecs
The Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico. -
1300
aztecs
They lived as nomads, which meant they travelled around different parts of central America until they settled in the valley of Mexico. -
1325
aztecs
The city of Tenochtitlan is founded. It will become the capital of the Aztec Empire. -
1375
aztecs
Acamapichtli becomes the first powerful leader of the Aztecs -
1428
aztecs
The Aztec Empire is formed with a triple alliance between the Aztecs, the Texcocans, and the Tacubans. -
1519
aztecs
Montezuma II is killed. -
1520
aztecs
smallpox had reduced the population of Tenochtitlan by 40% in just one year. -
1521
aztecs
Cortes defeats the Aztecs and takes over the city of Tenochtitlan. -
1522
aztecs
Tenochtitlan is rebuilt by the Spanish and called Mexico City, the capital of New Spain.